Grow old along with me!
     The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was made:
     Our times are in His hand
     Who saith, ‘A whole I planned,
Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!’…

So, take and use Thy work,
     Amend what flaws may lurk,
What strain o’ the stuff, what warpings past the  aim!
     My times be in Thy hand!
     Perfect the cup as planned!
Let age approve of youth, and death complete the same!

Robert Browning (1812-89), From: Rabbi Ben Ezra